JULY 12

JULY 13

— Business travel services company Global Business Travel Holdings Ltd, which is jointly controlled by American Express Co and Qatar Holding, to acquire UK peer Hogg Robinson Group Plc (notified June 8/deadline July 13)

— Siemens and Alstom to merge their railway operations (notified June 8/deadline July 13)

JULY 18

— French telecoms and construction company Bouygues to acquire German construction and industrial services companies Alpiq Inteq and Kraftanlagen Muenchen (notified June 13/deadline July 18/simplified)

JULY 23

— Copper company KME, which is part of Intek Group, to acquire German peer MKM Mansfelder Kupfer and Messing GmbH (notified June 4/deadline extended to July 23 from July 9 after the companies provided concessions)

— Private equity firm H.I.G. Capital to acquire petrochemicals company INEOS’ Baleycourt business and ICT business (notified June 18/deadline July 23/simplified)

— French aerospace and defence group Thales to acquire Franco-Dutch chipmaker Gemalto (notified June 18/deadline July 23)

AUG 10

AUG 24

— German industrial gases group Linde to merge with U.S. peer Praxair (notified Jan. 12/ deadline extended to Aug. 24)

SEPT 4

— iPhone maker Apple to acquire UK music streaming service Shazam (notified March 14/deadline extended to Sept. 4 from April 23 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

OCT 31

— German company BASF to acquire Belgian chemicals company Solvay’s worldwide polyamide business (notified May 22/deadline extended to Oct. 31 from June 26 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

NOV 9

— Deutsche Telekom to acquire Swedish peer Tele2’s Dutch unit and merge it with its Dutch business T-Mobile Nederland (notified May 2/deadline extended to Nov. 9 from Oct. 17)

DEADLINES:

The European Commission has 25 working days after a deal is filed for a first-stage review. It may extend that by 10 working days to 35 working days, to consider either a company’s proposed remedies or an EU member state’s request to handle the case.

Most mergers win approval but occasionally the Commission opens a detailed second-stage investigation for up to 90 additional working days, which it may extend to 105 working days.

SIMPLIFIED:

Under the simplified procedure, the Commission announces the clearance of uncontroversial first-stage mergers without giving any reason for its decision. Cases may be reclassified as non-simplified - that is, ordinary first-stage reviews - until they are approved. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee)